A proposed code change is going before the Snohomish County council on January 16th, 2019. The change is being proposed by the project manager for Frognal (who also happens to be on the county planning commission) and the law is being proposed in direct response to an issue with the Frognal development plans that will benefit Frognal very much. Currently, code requires a 2′ property line set back for retaining walls. The Frognal development currently is proposing retaining walls built on property lines, for both existing neighbors and for the new lots within Frognal itself. Without this set back they can build right next to existing properties and it will allow them to put all 112 homes in Frognal. If the law remains and the council denies it, then they will not be able to put as many homes it and force some redesign. For existing neighbors, particularly along 136th, it will give your properties the 2′ buffers you should expect from retaining walls, protecting your propeties integrity as well as give some buffer to your plants and their root systems.
There is a public hearing @ 10:30 am, we need as many neighbors as possible there to comment against this law change. Please come! Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the Henry M. Jackson Board Room, 8th Floor, Robert J. Drewel Building, 3000 Rockefeller, Everett, Washington